Shift lever assembly for manual transmission

Abstract

A shift lever assembly for a manual transmission is disclosed. A boss of a shifting lever is supported for rotation by a shift shaft on a lever retainer. A boss of a selecting lever is supported for rotation by a support shaft parallel to the shift shaft on the lever retainer. A boss of a shift lever is supported for selecting operation about a select shaft at right angles to the shift shaft on the shifting lever. Shifting operation of the shift lever is transmitted via a select arm and an end ball portion thereof to an engagement portion of the selecting lever to cause rotation of the selecting lever about the axis of the support shaft. The shift lever is formed integrally with its boss, the select arm and the ball portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A shift lever assembly for a manual transmission, comprising a lever retainer, a shifting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, a selecting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a support shaft parallel to said shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, and a shift lever having a boss supported for selecting operation about a select shaft at right angles to said shift shaft with respect to said shifting lever, the selecting operation of said shift lever being transmitted via a select arm and an end ball portion thereof to an engagement portion of said selecting lever to cause rotation of said selecting lever about the axis of said support shaft, wherein said shift lever is formed integrally with its boss, said select arm and said ball portion. 
     
     
       2. The shift lever assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a lever boot having an upper small open end coupled to said shift lever and a lower large open end coupled to said lever retainer. 
     
     
       3. The shift lever assembly according to claim 2, wherein said shift lever is formed integrally with a lever knob and with a boot stopper for receiving the small open end of said lever boot, said lever knob being sized such that it can be inserted through the small open end by making use of elastic deformation of said lever boot. 
     
     
       4. A shift lever assembly for a manual transmission, comprising a lever retainer, a shifting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, a selecting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a support shaft parallel to said shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, and a shift lever having a boss supported for selecting operation about a select shaft at right angles to said shift shaft with respect to said shifting lever, the selecting operation of said shift lever being transmitted via a select arm and an end ball portion thereof to an engagement portion of said selecting lever to cause rotation of said selecting lever about the axis of said support shaft, wherein said shifting lever is formed integrally with its boss and also with said select shaft. 
     
     
       5. The shift lever assembly according to claim 4, further comprising a lever boot having an upper small open end coupled to said shift lever and a lower large open end coupled to said lever retainer. 
     
     
       6. The shift lever assembly according to claim 4, wherein said shift lever is formed integrally with a lever knob and also with a boot stopper for receiving the small open end of said lever boot, said lever knob being sized such that it can be inserted through the small open end by making use of elastic deformation of said lever boot. 
     
     
       7. A shift lever assembly for a manual transmission, comprising a lever retainer, a shifting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, a selecting lever having a boss supported for rotation by a support shaft parallel to said shift shaft with respect to said lever retainer, and a shift lever having a boss supported for selecting operation about a select shaft at right angles to said shift shaft with respect to said shifting lever, the selecting operation of said shift lever being transmitted via a select arm and an end ball portion thereof to an engagement portion of said selecting lever to cause rotation of said selecting lever about the axis of said support shaft, wherein said selecting lever is formed integrally with its boss, said support shaft and said engagement portion. 
     
     
       8. The shift lever assembly according to claim 7, further comprising a lever boot having an upper small open end coupled to said shift lever and a lower large open end coupled to said lever retainer. 
     
     
       9. The shift lever assembly according to claim 7, wherein said shift lever is formed integrally with a lever knob and also with a boot stopper for receiving the small open end of said lever boot, said lever knob being sized such that it can be inserted through the small open end by making use of elastic deformation of said lever boot.